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P. E. EVERETT.

SELF ACTING FAUGET.

40'8'701- Patented Aug. 13, 1889,

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SAME PLACE.

SELF-ACTING FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION-forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,701, dated August13, 1889. Application filed April 3, 1889. $erial No. 305,857. (Nomodel.)

To a whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, PIERCE E. EVERETT, of Kansas City, Jackson county,Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSelf-Closing Faucets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompany-' ing drawings,forming a part hereof.

This invention relates to certain improvements in water-faucets, moreparticularly self-closing faucets; and to this end the nature of theinvention consists of the novel combination of parts and theirconstruction, as will fully appear from the followingdescription andaccompanying illustration, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevationof my improved faucet. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detached under side view ofthe upper valve, and Fig. 3 is a view disclosing in perspective thevarious internal or operative parts of my faucet.

.In carrying out my invention I employ a suitable body or casing A,which contains in its water-discharge chamber an upper valve 0. Thevalve 0 consists of two hemispherical hollow sections 6 e, screwedtogether, and is seated in a cavity or seat 2' in the bottom of thedischarge-water chamber and surrounding the upper end of the passage7L2, terminatin g in a flared chamber below. The spherical valve 0 hasin its lower section a series of outletwater passages g 9, out throughwhich the water passes into the dischargechamber upon opening the valve.

In the spherical upper valve 0 is contained a loosely-playing solidrubberball or cushion D, which, rising with the water as the latter isadmitted thereinto, impinges against the top of the valve-chamber, andthus acts or serves in the capacity of an air-cushion to prevent thewater striking suddenly or forci bly against orhammeringthe top of thevalvechamber.

45 Each of the upper valve-sections e c is cast with an extensionconstituting the valve-stem f f. Said sections, however, are first cast,the upper one with a shoulder or enlargement f entering a passage f in asection of the enlargement f entering the passage 71 In the enlargementf is a central passage 71, connecting with the chamber of the valve 0and branching off into a number of lateral passages h h, opening throughthe enlargement f at its lower corner edges. These passages h receiveand supply the water, when the valve is opened, to the central passageh, permitting the water to enter the chamber of the valve, and thence topass out 6c through the water-outlet apertures or passages g.

Upon the lower extension f of the valvestem is fitted the lower valve,which is in the form of a hollow rubber or elastic cushion or packing E,being held thereon by a nut j, and normally resting at its upper end ina concavity in the lower end of the enlargc-imentf and against or aroundthe lower edges of the passage 72 thus normally closing said pas- 7osage water-tight. The lower valve E being hollow, lessens the jar orconcussion which it would otherwise have, as it is seated against thelower edges of the passage 77 It will thus be seen that two valves areprovided an upper one and a lower oneeach being mounted to be movedsimultaneously. Moving either valve to its seat cuts off the water;hence the open position is attained when the valves are in the middle oftheir stroke.

Upon the upper extension of the valve-stem is placed a hollow rubber orelastic ball or spring d, which rests at its lower surface upon theenlargement f of the valve 0, and also against the shell, whileitsuppersurface rests 8 5 against a concave nut c, screwed upon saidvalve-stem extension. The said hollow rubber ball (1 thus packs thejoint between the main water-passage and the upper cavity of the shell.9

Upon the extreme upper end of the valvestem or its upper extension isfitted a rectangular cap b']. This cap rests in a rectangular chamber ofa correspondingly-shaped lug b, fitting in a rectangular aperture K of ahorizontal disk or partition B in the body or casing A, and is cast uponthe under side of a cam 19. The face of the cam hhas a doubleincline-upon its opposite sides, the, inclines meeting at their lowestpoints and about cen- I00 trally of the cam. The lug 1) serves to guideand hold the cam 11 from turning as it is acted upon.

a is a second or upper cam adapted to coact with and rest upon the lowercam I), being correspondingly shaped upon its lower side edges. Theuppercam a is actuated by a handle or lever Z, suitably fitted orsecured upon an upward cylindric extension or stem m of the cam a. Itwill further be seen that by turning the handle or lever Z in therequired directionto the right.the cam a will so actuate the cam b thata downward movement will be imparted to the latter, which will cause itslug Z), embracing the capped upper end of the valve-stem, to press saidstem also downwardly, and at the same time compress the hollow elasticball or spring (Z. This movement of the valve-stem of course will openthe faucet-i. 6., move the lower valve E away from the lower side of thepassage ]L2, and project the lower end of the valve extension f with itsports or passages, into the water-way or chamber below, and thus permitof the passage of water up through said ports and the central passage hinto the valve, the ball or cushion D rising with the inflowing water,and thus preventing it (the water) from hammering the top surface orwall of the valve-chamber. By continuing the aforesaid movement of partsthe valve C will be received into the cavity or depression 1' in thewater-discharge chamber around the passage 71 the passages g 9 will beclosed, and thus the water will be out 01f. \Vhen pressure or the handis removed from the handle or lever Z, the recoil action of thecompressed ball or spring dwill at once and automatically lift thevarious aforesaid parts, among them the valve E, seating the latter overthe inlet end of the passage 7L2, thus preventing the water entering thepassages of the valve, and also cutting off the flow of water from thefaucet.

IIavingt-hus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a faucet, the combination, with the shell or casing, of a stem andvalve operating therein, the lower cam Z), having the rectangular lug 1)upon its under side, and detachably connected to the upper end ofthestem, the guiding-partition I3, removably clamped in position andhaving a rectangular opening K, in which the rectangular lug operates,and a handle and connections, substantially as set forth.

2. In a faucet, the combined valve and stem formed of two hollowhemispheres connected together, and each having a stem section orextension, in combination with a shell, handle, and connections,substantially as setforth.

3. In a faucet, the combined valve and stem consisting of two hollowhemispheres or sections connected together, and each having a stemsection or extension, one valve section or hemisphere having anenlargement provided with a central passage connecting with theehamberof the valve and branching out through said enlargement intolateral passages, in combination with a shell, handle, and connections,substantially as set forth.

4. In a faucet, the hollow apertnred upper valve having an enlargementat one side provided with a central passage branching into lateralpassages through the corner edges of said enlargement, a stem-extensionprojecting from said enlargement, the lower valve E, fitted upon saidstem-extension, in combination with a shell, handle, and connections,substantially as shown nd described.

5. In a faucet, the hollow valve and the solid elastic ball or cushionI), loosely arranged within said hollow valve, in combination withv ashell, handle, and connections, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PIERCE E. EVERETI.

Witnesses:

F. G. FISCHER, A. A. IIIGDON.

